Moloch Definition
mōlŏk, mŏlək
noun
Webster's New World
In the Bible, the god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom children were sacrificed.
American Heritage
A spiny, brownish, ant-eating Australian lizard (Moloch horridus) similar to a horned toad but of another family (Agamidae)
Webster's New World
Something possessing the power to exact severe sacrifice.
American Heritage
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pronoun
An ancient Ammonite deity worshiped by the Canaanites, Phoenician and related cultures in North Africa and the Levant.
Wiktionary
(figuratively) A person or thing demanding or requiring a very costly sacrifice.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Moloch
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molochsOrigin of Moloch
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Late Latin Moloch from Greek Molokh from Hebrew Mōlek of Canaanite origin mlk in Semitic roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Ammonite god, worshipped by Canaanites and Phoenicians, who demanded child-sacrifice. Mentioned in Leviticus and Deuteronomy.
From Wiktionary
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From the Proto-Semitic *malk- (“king").
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